{"id":204786,"date":"2015-06-23T06:00:34","date_gmt":"2015-06-22T20:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=204786"},"modified":"2015-06-23T06:00:34","modified_gmt":"2015-06-22T20:00:34","slug":"new-clinic-on-saipan-offers-alternative-medicine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/new-clinic-on-saipan-offers-alternative-medicine\/","title":{"rendered":"New clinic on Saipan offers alternative medicine"},"content":{"rendered":"

What started as a way to fight boredom from his semi-retirement became somewhat a mission to help the people of CNMI.<\/p>\n

\"Morris<\/a>
Morris Coltrain, APRN has been practicing for 30 years and is bringing alternative medicine in Saipan. His new clinic, under Coltrain Medical Group, just opened last month. (Frauleine S. Villanueva)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Opening up the newest medical clinic on Saipan, Morris Coltrain is an advanced practice registered nurse and clinic director of Coltrain Medical Group.<\/p>\n

\u201cI started here in December doing family practice,\u201d Morris said, \u201cI actually came here to semi-retire, really not to work, but I got bored so I found this clinic and doctors I can work with and it has been great.\u201d<\/p>\n

Coltrain, who has been a practicing nurse for 30 years, focuses on alternative medicine and also has a clinic in Kansas City where he came from.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have a clinic in Kansas, doing alternative healthcare and I\u2019ve been looking for a place here to do that,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Alternative health care<\/strong>
\nColtrain\u2019s clinic, which started last month, is unlike most clinics on Saipan owing to the fact that it offers alternative medicine.<\/p>\n

According to Coltrain, alternative medicine is a different mode of therapy, unlike typical mainstream medication like pills.<\/p>\n

His clinic has services that cater to different health issues such as weight loss management, which is a problem in the CNMI. Last year, a report from the World Health Organization included some Pacific Islands in the top 10 countries with the highest rates of obesity as well as diabetes.<\/p>\n

Another valuable service that Coltrain\u2019s clinic offers is chelation therapy.<\/p>\n

\u201cI do chelation therapy which is an IV that takes out all the heavy metals in your arteries and veins and opens up your circulation,\u201d Coltrain said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe chelation therapy helps increase the blood flow, and when you increase the blood flow, it\u2019s beneficial for the kidneys, for people who have diabetes, it\u2019s beneficial for hypertension,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Coltrain noted that there are a number of people on Saipan who are suffering from hypertension and diabetes.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think there are plenty of people here to keep us busy,\u201d Coltrain said.<\/p>\n

He also does intravenous vitamin therapy, bio-identical hormones replacement, botox and xeomin injections, erectile dysfunction treatment for men, and libido improvement for men and women.<\/p>\n

Vitamins for intravenous therapy include vitamins C and B which according to Coltrain help build and strengthen the immune system and replace those that were lost because of stress.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s just some of the things that I do here that they don\u2019t do,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Better quality of life<\/p>\n

Coltrain believes that alternative medicine is very beneficial and does not do any harm in the body.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a different kind of medicine,\u201d Coltrain said.<\/p>\n

\u201c[Patients] think better, they feel better overall, so it\u2019s a better quality of life. You do these things, it does give you a better quality of life and that\u2019s what life is all about,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Even though alternative medicine may cost money as opposed to not doing anything to take care of yourself now, Coltrain believes it is a great investment.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you spend a little money to take care of yourself, then you may not develop the problems down the road 10 years from now,\u201d he said, \u201cPrevent it from happening before it happens. We have some things to help you do that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Coltrain Medical Group\u2019s clinic is located at the Marianas Health MediPacific Building in Ghiyegi Street in San Jose. For more information, call (670) 483-4690.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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